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Shareholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Equity

Note 6: Shareholders' Equity

In 1997, an incentive stock option plan was adopted for our employees. This plan expired on November 7, 2007. Accordingly, no shares are available for the grant of options under that plan. In 1998 and 2005, stock option plans for our employees, officers and directors were adopted. The 1998 plan expired on November 27, 2008. Accordingly no shares are available for the grant of options under that plan.

At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting in May 2011, shareholders approved an amendment to the 2005 Plan to increase the number of shares issuable under the plan from 1,500,000 shares to a total of 3,000,000 shares. Options granted before May 2011 are granted at not less than current market price of the stock on the date of grant and are exercisable from five to ten years from the grant date. Options granted after May 2011, pursuant to the plan amendment in May, are required to be granted at not less than the higher of (1) 120% of current market price on the date of grant or (2) the average of market price over the prior 30 trading days. Further, pursuant to the amendment the number of options granted to an executive officer or director cannot exceed 200,000, except to the extent such limit had already been exceeded at the time of the amendment. All options granted through 2006 were vested on the date of grant. The options granted in 2011 and 2010 are vested each month over a four-year period or upon a change in control.

 

     1997 Plan      1998 Plan      2005 Plan  
     Number
of
Shares
    Average
Option
Price
Per
Share
     Number
of
Shares
    Average
Option
Price
Per
Share
     Number
of
Shares
    Average
Option
Price
Per
Share
 

Maximum number of shares under the plans

     300,000           1,100,000           3,000,000     
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Outstanding, December 31, 2009

     254,500      $ 0.81         680,500      $ 0.74         984,650      $ 0.43   

Granted in 2010

     —          —           —          —           909,500        0.23   

Exercised

     —          —           —          —           (3,500     0.17   

Cancelled/Expired

     (14,000     0.65         (383,600     0.77         (494,500     0.58   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2010

     240,500      $ 0.82         296,900      $ 0.71         1,396,150      $ 0.25   

Granted in 2011

     —          —           —          —           30,000        0.37   

Exercised

     —          —           —          —           (8,500     0.21   

Cancelled/Expired

     —          —           —          —           —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2011

     240,500      $ 0.82         296,900      $ 0.71         1,417,650        0.25   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Available for issuance, December 31, 2011

     None           None           1,032,950 (a)   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

(a) Options available under the 2005 plan are limited by the amount of options outstanding under the 1997 and 1998 Plans. As the options outstanding under the earlier plans expire, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2005 Plan will increase accordingly.

 

A summary of additional information related to the options outstanding as of December 31, 2011 is as follows:

 

     Options Outstanding and Exercisable  
     Weighted Average  

Range of Exercise Prices

   Number
Outstanding
     Remaining
Contractual Life
     Exercise
Price
 

$ 0.17 — $ 0.90

     1,955,050         2.26 years       $ 0.39   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,955,050         2.26 years       $ 0.39   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("Plan") to provide retirement benefits for our employees. The Plan is designed to invest primarily in our common stock and is non-contributory on the part of our employees. Contributions to the Plan are discretionary as determined by our Board of Directors. We expense the cost of contributions to the Plan which amounted to $24,000 (100,000 shares) in 2010. No contributions were made to the Plan in 2011.